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== Anime
* In ''[[Akira]]'', two soldiers eat food out of a can stash an old woman had. The old lady had starved to death, because she was afraid someone would steal the stash, so she wouldn't dare ask anyone for a can opener.
* Averted and discussed in the ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' episode "Joshua Tree".
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'''Maeda:''' Yeah, you idiots, I brought one.
'''Hokuto:''' On television, most of the time, people have canned food but no way to open it. Good job, Maeda. }}
* During the island arc of ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'', the kids discover a wreck and manage to salvage some canned goods. Deciding to "live with nature", Nadia abandons Jean and Marie and sets off into the jungle, but not before taking some food with her - only to realize too late that her "even the simplest technology is bad" mentality is far from conductive to getting any of it out of the cans. She keeps smashing them flat with big rocks.
* Occurrs in ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' when Ataru and company gets lost in some caves, start to starve, and stumble into a stranded UFO with a sleeping alien... and a stack of cans. Eventually they find a opener at the bottom of a shaft (although it actually leads out into the open, and Ataru steals an opener from a classmate without knowing). Then they find out the hard way the hazards of eating alien food...
== Literature ==
* ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]'': A rare effective dramatic example, as the canned goods in question are the goal of the tortuous [[Snipe Hunt]] the cast is sent on by the evil AI, and thus it makes sense that they could not be opened by brute force.
* ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'': On a boat trip.
** [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Have Space
* Happens on a camping trip in one of the ''[[Adrian Mole]]'' books.
* There is a short story about a family of tortoises who go on a picnic, packing a number of canned things, and forget to pack the can-opener. Being tortoises, going back for the can opener would take a very very long time.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Dennis the Menace UK]]'': Dennis tells Gnasher a parody of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', where Dennis (in the role of Jack) gets a tin of beans, but can't open it because tin openers have yet to be invented.
** In the end, he {{spoiler|uses his third wish [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|from a genie]] to get an electric can opener, thus his family are able to dine on beans}}.
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'': In one short, Sylvester is left in the house while his owners are away. There is plenty of canned tuna, but only one can opener, and the mouse has it. Hijinx ensue.
* ''[[Futurama]]'', "Mother's Day": Subverted: After all electrical appliances rebel, Fry boasts that he can still open cans with his pocket knife. It's only when he can't that he starts to despair. Dr. Zoidberg then uses his claws to open the can, and is happy about being useful for once.
* Happened in a ''[[Daria]]'' [[Urban Legend]]. Urban Legend 1950s Jake built a survival bunker, in which 1950s Daria accidentally gets trapped. She doesn't worry too much, until she realizes that the cans in the bunker are worthless since she doesn't have a can opener.
* The ending of the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Starvin' Marvin" has Kenny's family saying grace over their Thanksgiving dinner, a can of green beans Kenny got for them in the "Canned Food Grab". After that, they realize that they don't have a can opener.
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